The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #1 is an issue of the series The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2022. It was published on October 4, 2022.
Synopsis for "It's Not Funny Anymore"
Appearing in "It's Not Funny Anymore"
Featured Characters:
- The Joker (John Keyser) (First appearance; unnamed)(Flashback and main story) (Narrator)
Supporting Characters:
- Joker Gang
Antagonists:
- Black Mask (Flashback only)
- Gotham Organized Crime (Flashback and main story)
- The Joker (Flashback and main story)
- Marco's Boss (Single appearance; dies) (Unnamed)
- Marco (Single appearance; dies) (Cameo)
- Marco's Boss (Single appearance; dies) (Unnamed)
- Mr. Gregorich (Single appearance; dies)
- The Riddler (Flashback only)
- Two-Face (Flashback only)
Other Characters:
- Harley Quinn (Cameo)
- Jason Todd (Cameo)
- Lex Luthor (Cameo)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Gotham City Police Department (Mentioned only)
- Gotham Knights (Mentioned only)
- Punchline (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- United States of America
- California
- New Jersey
- New York
- Metropolis
- New York City (Mentioned only)
- Florida
- Miami (Mentioned only)
- Illinois
- Chicago (Mentioned only)
- Texas
- Houston (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Here's Looking at You, Kidder!"
Appearing in "Here's Looking at You, Kidder!"
Featured Characters:
- The Joker (Also as an illusion)
Supporting Characters:
- Gaggy
- Jackanapes
- Jack Frost (Single appearance; dies)
- Mirror Master
Antagonists:
- Power Girl (Kara Zor-L) (Also as an illusion)
Other Characters:
- Gotham City Police Department
- Wonder Woman (Diana of Themyscira) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- Black Mask mentions that Punchline has moved to bigger and better things. This is a reference to her Legion of Doom's membership that was first shown in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #4.
- This implies that this story is set some time after the Dark Crisis.
Trivia
- In Here's Looking at You, Kidder!, Joker's reflections are homages to various versions of the character, including:
- Earth-31 Joker from Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns;
- New Earth The Joker from Alan Moore's The Killing Joke;
- Earth-22 Joker from Mark Waid and Alex Ross' Kingdom Come;
- New Earth Joker from Grant Morrison's Batman R.I.P. storyline;
- Heath Ledger's Joker from the Nolanverse's The Dark Knight movie;
- Jared Leto's Joker from the DC Extended Universe.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing series
- Images from The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing Vol 1 1
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Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.
Look at how sad this is making Batman. You did this.